Hey there!

Been googling on this for a few days, but can only find vague references and no opinions/impressions on the matter, so I hope you can forgive me for buggin' ya =)

I recently acquired an Android phone, and the first thing that went in it was AnkiDroid, of course. I soon found out about the whiteboard feature. For those who don't know what this is, it's basically a drawing layer on top of the anki screen that allows you to "write with your finger", so to speak. I've tried using this for reviews, writing the kanji on screen before revealing the answer and comparing. Not bad, I guess.

My worries are that the muscle memories won't really sink in the same way they do while writing with an actual pen on actual paper. The scribbles on the whiteboard evidently look horrible, and I would never be able to grade myself based on proportions of the resulting kanji.

Has anyone done reviews with touchscreen drawing? What are your thoughts? I've only done this for a few days so far, and I'm not sure I'm fine with the outcome.

hmm hmmm...
sounds interesting.

Have you tried using a stylus on your phone?

I do it sometimes. I figure it's like writing the character with your fingertip on the palm of your hand, it's the stroke order and the layout of the radicals you're practicing. Obviously it doesn't translate to being able to write good-looking characters, but you still practice your ability to write them by producing them from memory.

Actually, I did. it seems a stylus won't work on a capacitive touch screen because they rely on the electric charge in our body to work.

Have you tried this:

http://lifehacker.com/5277112/make-a-diy...sy-fingers
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/02/diy-i...tylus.html

TwoMoreCharacters Wrote:I do it sometimes. I figure it's like writing the character with your fingertip on the palm of your hand, it's the stroke order and the layout of the radicals you're practicing. Obviously it doesn't translate to being able to write good-looking characters, but you still practice your ability to write them by producing them from memory.

I thought about this too. From this point of view, there's no replacement for proper, on-the-desktop reviews.

JimmySeal Wrote:Have you tried this:

http://lifehacker.com/5277112/make-a-diy...sy-fingers
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/02/diy-i...tylus.html

I will be scouring our local shops for one of these and see how it goes. This would certainly make things a lot easier.